CHR 499232 – Mirabilis jalapa L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499232
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 January 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Mirabilis jalapa L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-13 (Verbatim: 13 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Mirabilis jalapa L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Nyctaginaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Home Motu
Verbatim locality:
Home Motu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4540/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
13 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-13
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Palmerston
Habitat:
By house in village, cultivated.
Notes:
Branched herb with swollen brittle internodes. Stems often pink. Leaves light green. "Calyx" ± inflated, very pale green. Rootstock thick, woody, black. Perianth magenta, c. 1.7 cm long, and 3.5-4.5 cm across the widespreading, rather plicate limb. Rarely grown.
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